It happens when some of the blood vessels that connect your baby's umbilical cord to your placenta cross over, or near, the opening of your cervix. When your water breaks, these blood vessels ...

After the cord is cut, you will see a gelatinous stump with three small blood vessels in the middle. Since there is no longer a blood supply to nourish it, the umbilical cord stump will begin to ...

In a normal pregnancy, fetal blood vessels run via the umbilical cord directly into the placenta. But velamentous cord insertion is a complication in which the umbilical cord doesn’t insert into ...

Genetic clues found in cord blood can offer early insight into which infants are at higher risk for health problems like ...

After the baby has been delivered, the umbilical cord is clamped and about 2 to 3 ounces of the blood it contains are collected. The blood is then transferred to a specially prepared bag and sent ...

Doctors might be able to predict a newborn's long-term health outlook, by analyzing their umbilical cord blood, a new study says. Genetic clues found in cord blood can offer early insight into ...